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Immune disease in which body destroys the ill-functioning thyroid is

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Simmond’s disease

B

Cretinism

C

Hashimoto’s disease

D

Myxoedema

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C
Hoshimoto's disease -It is an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland.
In this disease antibodies formed against the thyroid gland. It is also called suicide of thyroid.
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